Building construction



Jan. 8 1924.

VAN ORAN JEFFRIES BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed March 5. 1923 lllnllaPatented Jan. 8, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed March 5, 1923.

lath supporting strips to a cement wall, the.

tie being extremely simple in construction, and efl'icient in operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tie so constructedthat the same can be conveniently embedded in the wall during themolding thereof, the construction of the tie being such that the lathsupporting strips can be firmly held in engagement with the face of thewall for securing the lath thereto. 7

With these and other objects in view, as will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention consists in the novel features of construction,combinations of elements and arrangements of parts, and hereinafter tobe fully described and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through a wall structureshowing the tie in place, and

Figure 2 is an inner face view of a wall showing the device in placethereon.

Referring to the drawing 1 designates a cement wall in which the ties 2are embedded in the desired vertical spaced relation.

The ties are formed from single lengths of suitable gage wire so bent asto provide a loop 3, the side bars of which terminate in arms 4 whichare initially disposed in Serial No. 622,807.

intimate contact, but are capable of being spread laterally, the purposeof which will appear later.

Since the ties are applied to the wall during the molding thereof itwill be obvious that the material forming the wall will enter the loop2, and consequently firmly anchor the ties in the wall. The ties are solocated that the arms thereof will project beyond the inner face of thewall.

The lath supporting strips 5 are provided with openings 6 which areadapted to coincide with the arms at, after which said strips arearranged flush against the wall, and the arms assume the positions asshown in dotted lines in'Figure 1, after which said arms are spreadapart in any suitable manner and bent until they assume the positions asshown in full lines, thereby holding the lath supporting strips 5supported in vertical positions for securing the laths 7 thereto in theusual manner.

What is claimed is:

1. A cement wall structure, a series of vertical lath supporting stripsarranged against one side of the wall, ties comprising loops and pliablearms, the loops being embedded in the wall, said arms being extendedfrom the wall and passed through the strips' 2. A cement wall structure,a series of vertical lath supporting strips arranged against one side ofthe wall, ties comprising loops adapted to be embedded in the wall, saidloops having their side bars terminating in arms which extend beyond thewall, said supporting strips having openings through which the armspass, said arms being adapted to be spread laterally and bent into 30intimate contact with the lath supporting strips to hold the same firmlyengaged with the wall.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

VAN ORAN J EFFRIES.

